Abstract
The US Veterans Administration (VA), with 1,255 facilities and 9 million patients, is described as the largest integrated health care network in the United States.1 It has an ambitious mission that includes not just health care but the overall well-being of veterans. The VA employs nearly 6,000 advanced practice nurses,2 including a large contingent of nurse practitioners (NPs) who set standards for clinical practice and policy advances both inside and outside the VA. As of September 2020, NPs in all VA facilities practice without restriction to the full scope of their education and training regardless of any barriers to practice that may still be in effect in the state in which the VA facility is located.
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